Mr YATES (ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA)
- Are these stamps being sold to the public at their face value, and can they be used for ordinary postage? If they can be so used, will the Minister explain why O.S. stamps are necessary?

Mr A GREEN (KALGOORLIE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA)
- The O.S. stamps are being sold to the public at their face value, but it has not been decided whether they may be used for ordinary postage. They were used on letters posted by the special Christmas air mail to Great Britain, although ordinarily O.S. stamps are confined to use by government departments.